Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by Hendrikto on Sunday October 05, 2025 @04:35AM (#45479965)

> Germany has a bunch of alternative online shops that are better.

Such as?

I never ran into such problems with Amazon, but I would like to know the alternatives.

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Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by onli on Sunday October 05, 2025 @04:57AM (#45480054)

For electronics: Mindfactory, Galaxus, Coolblue, alternate, Jacob, Proshop, alza, computeruniverse.

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Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by patrickk on Sunday October 05, 2025 @05:19AM (#45480167)

Caseking and Alternate.de for PC components.

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Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by onli on Sunday October 05, 2025 @05:33AM (#45480222)

All of them are good for PC components :) But right, I forgot Caseking.

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Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by taffronaut on Sunday October 05, 2025 @06:46AM (#45480536)

Thomann - for musical instrument stuff

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Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by onli on Sunday October 05, 2025 @07:05AM (#45480613)

Plus microphones and headphones :)

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Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by mraniki on Sunday October 05, 2025 @05:52AM (#45480320)

Idealo for larger selection and comparison

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Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by nixass on Sunday October 05, 2025 @08:16AM (#45480958)

Idealo and Geizhals are price comparison sites and nothing else

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Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by tstenner on Sunday October 05, 2025 @02:47PM (#45484107)

FYI Idealo is part of Springer (Bild), Geizhals belongs to Heise (c't, iX)

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